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International Museum Day: It’s International Museum Day & although there are only a few hours left in the day, there is still time to celebrate! Today only you can visit a handful of museums for FREE! This includes but isn’t limited to: the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Penn Museum, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts & many more. Be sure to check their times and if select museums participate before heading out tonight!
Union vs. Real Salt Lake: The Flyers & the Sixers may be finished for the season but the Phillies and our own Philadelphia Union are just getting started! Kick off is at 7:30 pm so hopefully the weather breaks a bit by then so you can head down to the stadium for a nice evening on the waterfront.
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May kicks off with a bang at Franklin Square Park with the return of the Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival. For the 3rd year, the park will light up this part of the city with whimsical and creative constructions including the 200-foot-long Chinese Dragon! The best time to go is after dark although they open the park at 6pm to those with tickets. You are able to purchase tickets at the door however it’s advised to pre-purchase to avoid the lines! This festival is only here from May through the end of June so be sure to plan a time to go before it’s gone! More information on the festival here.

Has watching the Australian Open got you itching to pick up a tennis racket? In the midst of freezing February temperatures, heading outside to play a few sets is probably the last thing you want to do. But practicing your backhand doesn’t have to involve braving a blizzard -- Philadelphia has several fantastic indoor tennis facilities in neighborhoods throughout the city. Check out the facility in your Philly neighborhood and hit the courts this month.

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Former Ironworkers Union boss Joseph Dougherty goes to court today on racketeering charges after an investigation triggered by vandalism on a Chestnut Hill Quaker meetinghouse construction project; The hotel that's set to replace it is in a state of suspended animation, but fans are already hanging the black crepe around Little Pete's while continuing to hold out hope it might survive in some form; while it will not be as a casino, it appears the shuttered Atlantic Club may be poised for a rebirth now that a buyer has been found for it; and since the Philly Living team sold it (congratulations to all involved in closing this deal), we couldn't let this sale notice go unremarked:

Feds: Ironworkers boss turned union into '700-man army to do his bidding'

Another big-league developer runs into complaints that his proposed game-changing project is too tall for its community; Can't find your way around Northwest Philly? Mt. Airy USA would like to fix that; there's lots of interest in developing Southport, but not as a freestanding marine terminal, at least not yet; and cities are discovering the power of crowdfunding as a way to raise public awareness of and support for parks and other neighborhood amenities:

Residents worry One Ardmore Place's 8 stories are out of character with surrounding buildings (Main Line Times)$1.1 million state grant aims to better connect Northwest Philly (Plan Philly)16 companies vie for vacant Navy Yard site (The Philadelphia Inquirer|Philly.com)Crowdfunded Parks Are Coming

Wizards and muggles of all ages can learn how to defend themselves against the Dark Arts in workshops held as part of Chestnut Hill's annual Harry Potter Weekend.

For two magical days - Friday, Oct. 17 and Saturday, Oct. 18 - Chestnut Hill College will be transformed into Hogwarts and Germantown Avenue becomes Diagon Alley, the hub of the magical world of J.K. Rowling's boy wizard, Harry Potter.

That's because this weekend is the annual Harry Potter Festival Weekend in Chestnut Hill. The two-day festival features serious fun for young and old as well as a serious academic conference on Potter.

The conference, at Chestnut Hill College on Friday, is the warmup act for the weekend's events. The free Harry Potter Conference from 3 to 5 p.m. features

Midtown, Germantown, all over town, outdoor celebrations of fall fill this weekend. The Midtown Village Fall Festival packs 'em in, but the Revolutionary Germantown Festival packs a real historical punch.

You know it's fall when pumpkin starts turning up in everything from donuts to coffee to beer - and when outdoor festivals sprout like weeds. We depart from our usual one-event-a-day format this week to highlight this weekend's best fall festivals.

The Big One: The biggest of this weekend's bashes is the ninth annual Midtown Village Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 4. This event, originally launched to showcase the distinctive shops and restaurants in Midtown Village's heart - the 100 block of South 13th Street - gets bigger each year as more

Pat Croce, disappointed with the lack of takers to date, opts to dispose of his Villanova estate the fast way; The bad news: Dwindling sales lead the owner of a main-street mainstay in Chestnut Hill to pull the plug. The good news: As a licensed real estate broker, he's optimistic he can fill the space and others like it along Germantown Avenue with restaurants and boutiques; David Lynch, in town to promote his retrospective at PAFA, says he is meeting with the person who coined the term "Eraserhood" to describe the Callowhill Loft District. Sure about that, David?; and a pioneering Philly street photographer takes us back to the days when "University City" wasn't even part of the planners' lexicon yet:

Weekend Winners, Memorial Day Edition: May 23-26

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Friday, May 23A magical evening of music and art: Philadelphia's Magic Gardens, artist Isaiah Zagar's found-objects masterwork, is fascinating any time of day, but at twilight, it takes on an even more mystical hue. It's also the setting for the monthly "Twilight in the Gardens" party, an entertaining and educational experience that combines music and art. This month, BYOBB (bring your own booze and blanket; wine will be available for purchase if you forget), hear The Late Ancients perform a blend of traditional…

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